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Patented Apr. 3,1883.

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E. G. WILLIAMS.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

EDVARD G. VILLIAMS, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO IVES, BLAKESLEE & OO., OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

GAME.

lSPECIFICA'IION form'ng part of Letters Patent No. 275,308, dated April3, 1883.

Application filed February 26, 1883.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD G. WILLIAMS, ofBrooklyn, in Kings county, and the State of New York, have invented acertain new and useful improvement in Games, ot' which the following isa specication.

The object of my improvement is to produce a novel and interesting gamefor children. I have in view to enhance the amusement at'- orded by thegame of ten-pins. To this end I make the pins to represent livingcreatures. I also make them in sections, so that they may be knockedover bodily, or so that only parts I employ a sectional base-piece', sothat the pins may be arranged in different relations to each other.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a gameof ten-pinsembodying my improvement, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view ofparts of the same.

Similar letters ot' reference designate corresponding parts in bothiigures.

A designates a base-piece, which may be made of wood or other suitablematerial, and, as here shown, is composed ot' several sections securedtogether by tongues and grooves c I). The sections of this base-piecemay be fitted together so as to produce a triangular shape, as shown inbold outline in Fig. l, or they may be fitted together, as indicated indotted outline in Fig. I, so as to produce an irregular shape.

The tenpins `B severally represent living creatures, and are made insections. As shown, they are made to represent human beings, and theheadsections are detachable from the body-sections; but it' made torepresent other living creatures diii'erent sections might be madedetachable. rlhe detachable sections, as here shown, are fitted to thebody-sections by means of studs and sockets, the body-sections beingprovided with sockets c and the head-sections with studs d, fitting inthe-sockets. The studs dare preferably much smaller than the sockets c,and are chamfered oft' on the front side toward the lower end, -so thatwhen struck on the front the head-sections will fall back easily. Thebody-sections have tlat lower ends, so that they will stand upright (Nomodel.)

upon a plane surface. Preferably the bodysections will be combined withthe base-piece A by means of studs and sockets ej', and it will be mostadvantageous to arrange the studs e upon the base-piece and thesocketsj' in the body-sections, as then the body-pieces may be engagedwith the studs when the basepiece is placed with that side from whichthe studs project uppermost, or may be stood upon the base-piece whenthe other side is upperlnost. It' struck when engaged with studs, thehead-sections only will be knocked over; but it' struck when merelystood on the base-piece they may t'all over bodily.

While I have only mentioned ten-pins in this specification, I intend tocover all analogous games, even if a less or greater number of pinsshould be employed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A game ot ten-pins composed of pins severally made in sections, sothat part ot1 each pin may be knocked over without affecting the otherpart, substantially as specitied.

2. A game of ten-pins composed ot' pins severally made in sectionssupported on a base, so that they may be knocked over, or so that partsof them may be knocked over, substantially as specified.

3. A game of ten-pins composed of a basepiece and pins adapted to beengaged with the base-piece by studs and sockets, and composed ofsections ljtted together by studs and sockets, substantially asspecified.

4. A game ot' ten-pins composed of pins severally made to representliving creatures, substantially as specilied.

5. A game ot' ten-pins composed of a basepiece and of pins severallymade in sections, said base-piece and pins being so combined that thepins may be engaged with one side of the base-piece by studs andsockets, or may be stood upon the other side of the base-piece when thebase-piece is inverted, substantially as specified.

6. A game of ten-pins having a base-piece made in sections and adaptedto be put together, so as to support the pins in various arrangements,substantially as specified.

7. A figure representing a. living creature, and composed of detachablesections, one of which may be knocked off lhe other, substantially asspecified.

8. A figure representing a living creature, composed of a main sectionand a detachable section, one having a stud ltting loosely Wthin asocket in the other and ehamfered of on the front, substantially asspeeiled.

EDWARD G. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

T. J. KEANE, JAMES R. BOWEN.

